First Competency Exercise

As a couple of people have sent me queries, here's a clarification, if anyone needs it, of the competency assignment for this week...

1) This week's competency is Group Interaction. I've indicated the competency for discussion each week in the weekly schedule. For example, the schedule this week reads:

Research and Write: the Group Interaction exercise & post it to the class blog by midnight, 9 September.
(http://classweb.gmu.edu/lsmithg/Capstonef06/f06sched.html)

2) If you click on the Group Interaction exercise link in the online weekly schedule, you'll find guidelines on what you should discuss in this exercise. Part I asks you to choose three items which have significantly enhanced your understanding of the competency of group interaction - one piece of your own academic work, one written text and one non-written text. You then should discuss in detail how each has illuminated your understanding of the competency and transformed/deepened/ enriched your practice of the competency over time.
(http://classweb.gmu.edu/lsmithg/Capstonef06/f06competency.html)

3) The final part of the exercise, due next Tuesday, 12 September, asks you to read the work of all your fellow writers and, in this case, group interaction experts par excellence, and then "...post to our blog a reflection on the two or three blog postings which have most challenged or changed your view of group interaction."
(http://classweb.gmu.edu/lsmithg/Capstonef06/f06sched.html)

4) Some writers asked how long each discussion should be. It's hard for me to give any kind of word limit in this style of exercise. Some writers need lots of words and sentences to argue their points convincingly. Others write much more succinctly, and need far fewer words and sentences. So in this exercise you have to call on your own judgment a little more, and decide when you have communicated your arguments about the significance of each of your chosen items successfully to your audience.

If you're still not clear on what you should be doing, send as specific an e-mail query (or set of queries) as you can and I'll do my best to clarify further. Looking forward to hearing from you over the next few days, via e-mail or blog...